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Sen. Irwin Bill to Stop Michigan from Taking Foster Kids’ Money Passes Senate
Senate Bill 872 would end state seizure of foster kids’ benefits, secure assets for when they age out of system LANSING, Mich. (Nov. 7, 2024) — Today, the Michigan Senate unanimously passed legislation, sponsored by Sen. Jeff Irwin (D-Ann Arbor), to end the state’s...
Senate Finance, Insurance, and Consumer Protection Committee Passes Bills to Protect Michigan Families Struggling with Debt
LANSING, Mich. (Oct. 23, 2024) — Today, the Michigan Senate Committee on Finance, Insurance, and Consumer Protection voted to pass Senate Bills 408 and 409, a comprehensive bill package that modernizes the state’s consumer debt garnishment law and bankruptcy...
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Dear Neighbor, I want to provide you with some information about what has been going on in our state government as well as update you on what I have been working on in the Michigan Legislature. In this e-news, you can find information about: Upcoming Coffee Hour...
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The Republicans control every branch of the federal government. They can send $40B to Argentina. They can buy expensive jets for Kristi Noem. They can spend millions to murder fisherman in Colombia... but they pretend they can't feed hungry people.
With SNAP benefits paused, Michigan recipients, advocates and lawmakers determine how to respond:
State Sen. Jeff Irwin (D-Ann Arbor) said that the change is “going to trigger all the folks at the state and the local governments, and then community action agencies and nonprofits, to start to scramble for what they can do to try to make sure that folks who are depending upon SNAP for food aren’t going without, aren’t literally starving.” . . . “Hopefully, the Republicans who run Congress and who are sitting in the office of the President get a budget done and get these funds out to the people who need them,” Irwin added.
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With SNAP benefits paused, Michigan recipients, advocates and lawmakers determine how to respond • Michigan Advance
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At 1 a.m. Thursday morning, Symone Wilkes, a Detroit resident and mother of two young sons, received a loud alert on her phone. It was her MI Bridges app — the site through which state benefits are ...11 CommentsComment on Facebook
My bill to lower car insurance rates advanced from committee and is now ready for a vote in the full Senate. This bill prohibits insurance companies from charging additional premiums to residents who have had a lapse in coverage. This discourages participation and drives up rates for all of us.
Amid Sky-High Auto Insurance Rates, Senate Committee Advances Bill to Protect Michigan Drivers After Coverage Gaps: senatedems.com/irwin/2025/10/22/coverage-gaps/
Here is coverage from WEMU:
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Amid Sky-High Auto Insurance Rates, Senate Committee Advances Bill to Protect Michigan Drivers After Coverage Gaps
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Amid Sky-High Auto Insurance Rates, Senate Committee Advances Bill to Protect Michigan Drivers After Coverage Gaps3 CommentsComment on Facebook
The circus of corruption continues. The President isn’t satisfied with his payments from corporations seeking approvals from his government, so now he wants YOU to pay him $230M. ... See MoreSee Less
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